Chapter 292: The Jin State Has a New Talent (1)
Guan Yi and Jiang Wei entered Chang'an, and the main battle in Guanzhong basically came to an end.
Of course, the main war.
On the afternoon of August 4, Zhao Hong was ordered by Guan Yi to hunt down and kill Shi Bao's father and son. But compared with the war horse under the crotch of the Han cavalry who ran for a day and the war horse under the crotch of Shi Bao's father and son who had been recuperating for a day, it was a lack of endurance. After following Shibao for more than half an hour, Shohong's own mounts all fell to the road. So he only sighed and returned to the camp with a stupid smile. And the frightened Shi Bao father and son did not dare to go south at this time, so they could only take a few hundred guards and continue to the northeast into Fengyi County, and then cross the Yellow River from there and return to Hanoi County in Sizhou.
In addition, it was Wang Jun's team that turned eastward with more difficulty than Shibao.
Late at night on the 27th, Shi Bao sent an urgent report to Wang Jun. On the 29th, after receiving the news, Wang Jun immediately left Qinchuan with his whole army. On the second day of the first month of August, Zhang Yi, who was sitting in the street pavilion, led 10,000 Wudang flying troops into Qinchuan. Then he ran into the troops of the Bald Department and Li Mu and others who went north.
At this time, the decisive battle of Huaili-Maoling had not yet begun. The leaders of the various alien races who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles are not very willing to completely tear their faces with the Jin Kingdom at this time. As the former governor of the Governor of Yu, Zhang Yi understands the minds of these people very well. So I don't ask them to defect immediately - Wang Shizhi will be hanging from afar, and you guys should follow along.
This is a rather dangerous move: if Jiang Wei and Guan Yi are defeated, these aliens will not look at the hot love affair with Guan Yi some time ago, but as long as the main force of Shu Han is annihilated, these guys will definitely be in a hurry to cut off Zhang Yi's head.
But that's what Zhang Yi did: the general of the Left Cavalry was never very happy with Jiang Wei, but it was against Jiang Wei's unrestrained Northern Expedition. For the general's military strategy, Zhang Yi still trusts him very much.
Wang Jun, who was walking in front, saw so many teams behind, of course he knew what their idea was. But it's a pity that Wang Shizhi doesn't have much confidence in Shi Bao. So along the way, he desperately urged the soldiers to hurry. By the time the results of the battle of Huaili-Maoling came on 8 August, Wang's army had already arrived in Linjin County, which was only more than 50 miles away from Pubanjin between Feng Yi and Hanoi.
At this time, the bald department and Li Mubu have nothing to hide. The two sides immediately merged with Zhang Yi's team and began to hunt down Wang Jun's team.
However, at such a desperate moment, Liu Meng, the right virtuous king of the Huns, made a move: he sided with Wang Jun. As a result, Wang Junfang's strength was higher than that of Zhang Yi's team. In the end, the battle was fought a little and it was hasty. The 20,000 people of Wang Jun's team became the only army of 160,000 troops that the Jin State had invested in Guanzhong.
In fact, late at night on July 26, Du Yu reported to the Luoyang Imperial Court that the Meridian Valley had been broken through and that fighter planes had appeared at the same time. Such news could be delivered to Sima Yan's desk on July 29 at the latest. So why did the Luoyang Imperial Court not react for ten whole days?
There was a reaction, and a big reaction!
At noon on the 29th, Du Pre's envoy entered Luoyang and passed out while handing over the urgent mail. And Pei Xiu, who received the news, did not dare to slack off, and immediately entered the palace to meet Sima Yan. The two of them combined: It's over! Now there are no soldiers in Luoyang!
Speaking of which, since the Wei and Jin dynasties completed the Chan Dynasty in 265, the central Jin state has worked hard to restore the Luoyang Chinese army to 150,000. How could there be no soldiers at this time?
After the Battle of Xiling, the three counties of Shangyong were in turmoil, and Chen Qian took away 20,000.
Guan Yi and Jiang Wei went on the Northern Expedition, and Sima Yong and Shi Bao took away 80,000 successively. After the fall of the street pavilion, another 30,000 troops were added. In 268, the Northern Expedition of Eastern Wu was launched, and Yangzhou added another 10,000 - a full 140,000.
During this period, the Luoyang side completely drained the Qingxu Army and re-stabilized the Luoyang Chinese Army at about 40,000 - the number is okay, but the combat effectiveness is really not worth mentioning.
But now, when Du Pre's urgent report arrives in Luoyang, how many soldiers and horses are there in Luoyang? With the exception of some of Miyagi's defense armies, the real number of field armies is: zero!
Where did the remaining 40,000 go? Jingzhou!
Things have to start from Yangzhou.
On July 18, 268, Wei Guan, commander of the Yangzhou Corps of the Jin Empire, concentrated his main force to launch a counterattack when the main force of the Wu army besieged Hefei for three months and was exhausted.
This counterattack was quite successful, on the one hand, because the Wu army had been under the fortification of the city for too long and its morale was low. On the one hand, many families within Soochow hoped that their country would be defeated, so they withdrew their troops and stopped the loss of their own private soldiers. Therefore, Wei Guan's counterattack was strongly cooperated by some families in Soochow - giving up part of the defense line.
In this counterattack, the twenty-one-year-old Meng Guan Meng Shu Shi performed extremely eye-catching, and his 10,000 cavalry rushed forward on a dark and windy rainy night, with thunder and lightning to cover the sound of horses' hooves. Taking advantage of the critical moment when Wei Guan and Huan Hao's corps were fighting with the Wu army in the north and Ding Feng's attention was completely shifted north, he inserted the middle of the Wu army from the west, which caused chaos in the Wu army. Later, in addition, the private soldiers of some big families actively cooperated internally, which eventually led to the collapse of the Wu army.
This battle began on July 18, when Wei Guan and Huan Hao led their troops to engage the Wu army head-on. Ends on July 20. The 150,000 Wu army was finally pursued all the way to the Yangtze River by the Jin cavalry, and only stopped the retreat after being supported by the Yulin army led by Zhong Hui. According to the last statistics, more than 90,000 people were lost before and after! Not only that, because they were beaten too hard, the panicked Wu soldiers had no time to destroy when they fled, and many complete counterweight trebuchets also fell into the hands of the Jin army!
The veteran Ding Feng cried and killed himself in Jiangbei. Emperor Sun Hao of Wu was shocked to hear the bad news and was angry at the same time, but also had to announce the end of the war on the Yangzhou side of the Northern Expedition, and then appointed Zhong Hui as the governor of Jiangbei to reorganize the Jiangbei defense line of Wu.
On 25 July, news of Hefei's victory reached Luoyang. The entire Jin court was jubilant. The tide of sycophants lifted Sima Yan up again.
At this time, the public opinion atmosphere of the Jin court suddenly changed: the thieves in Western Shu were extremely stubborn, and the city defense of Yixian was extremely strong. Therefore, the battle situation in Yongzhou cannot be opened in a short period of time. It is better to continue to let Shi Da Sima surround Guan Zifeng in Yixian, and at the same time block the main passage between Hanzhong and Guanzhong. Then our side will first concentrate on taking Xiangyang back, so as to completely repel Wu Gou. As soon as Wu Gou goes, the country can concentrate its forces on westward expansion, and at that time, it will be the time when we will really fight a decisive battle with Xishu.
It should be said that this strategy is correct on the whole. In the Cao Wei era, on the one hand, it was Wu Shu's own problem, and it was difficult to launch an attack at the same time. On the other hand, Cao Wei has always tried his best to avoid a two-front battle at the same time: the Chinese army will fight the other after fighting this one, so as to always ensure that one fist hits someone - two fists stretched out at the same time to hit someone will not hurt others!
So Sima Yan waved his hand: Jia Chong, the general of the chariot cavalry, led 40,000 troops south to Xinye, assisted the general Chen Qian, and took back Xiangyang as soon as possible. Later, according to the development of the war situation, he entered the three counties of Shangyong with heavy troops, and while exterminating the remnants of the Wei State, he threatened the Hanzhong County of the Shu thieves from the east. When the time comes, I want to see what the Shu thief will do?
Speaking of which, from the beginning of November in 267 to the present, the war has been going on for more than eight months. At this time, the Luoyang Chinese army had long been waiting for it, instead of being unable to move for half a day as before. Therefore, on the 25th, the imperial court formed a resolution, and on the 26th, Jia Chong led the army and set off.
As a general who can't fight at all, Jia Chong is of course reluctant to go to the battlefield. But it's a pity that Sima Zhen was only nine years old at this time, far from the time to talk about marriage. Just like the historical plane, the method of squeezing out Wei Guan's daughter and marrying his best daughter to Sima Zhen is useless to avoid going to the front line through marriage. Therefore, Mr. Jia could only reluctantly take the last 40,000 Chinese troops in Luoyang to Jingzhou.
Then, on the 26th, Jia Chong departed, and on the 29th, Du Pre's messenger entered Luoyang...... Sima Yan, who had just been wise and martial arts and had made a single assertive, was suddenly extremely embarrassed.